Officials Say Confrontation Over Headphones Led To 2 USC Students Getting Shot At Party

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Officials say that a fight over headphones is what led to two USC students being shot at a party being held near the campus. Stephanie Abrams reports.

Labor day weekend is considered the last opportunity for USC students to party before midterms, but tonight the partying is over and students are on edge after two students were shot.

Police say the shooting happened early this morning at a party in a student-filled off campus apartment complex on the 1200 block of West 37th Street. They say the three suspects in the shootings were not invited guests and were not students. The suspects are still at-large.

Police explained that a student at the party noticed his Dr. Dre headphones were missing. He spotted a suspect with the headphones and confronted him.

Police say when the student’s friends stepped in to help, the suspect pulled out a small caliber handgun shooting both. Police say one bullet hit a female graduate student’s hand and then struck a USC junior in the chest. “The round she took to the finger slowed down the impact of the bullet entering the male victim’s chest and most likely saved his life,” said Captain Melissa Zak.

Both students underwent surgery and are in stable condition at California Hospital.

Police are adding security to the area until they locate the suspects. Officials say they have very good leads and good descriptions on all three. Police are confident they will make arrests in the near future.

Authorities are also advising students hosting parties this Labor Day weekend to be more watchful about their guest lists and to keep the door locked so random people can’t walk in — which is exactly, they say, what happened at the party Saturday night.

Why would suspect have to be black?? Maybe he was a medical student and stole.Dr. Dre’s headphones because he needed them for a class on heart bypass surgery and couldn’t afford his own? This Dr.Dre must be a great doctor is he like Dr.Phil or Dr.Oz??

It was a black suspect. According to USC DPS:
Suspect: Described by witnesses as an African American Male, 6′ 3″, 180 lbs., approximately 19-23 years old with protruding front teeth. The suspect was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, no shirt and dark pants. He also is described as having script writing on his chest area, shoulder to shoulder, with a cross and unknown tattoos on both biceps.

Well guys. I am black. Please understand there is a difference between regular blacks and conservative blacks. This shooter must have been an Obama supporter hence a liberal. Do not paint all of us with the same brush….

You sound like a complete idiot. Technically, if you are black I would beg to differ that you are regular. Just like any person of any other race. You can’t pit regular against conservative. That makes no sense. If you said liberal vs. conservative than that would make sense. The shooter may have not had any political affiliation whatsoever. But, it is funny how people like to give associations based on race especially when they feel they have a point to prove or need to seperate themselves.

spare me. USC stands for University in South Central. 99% of crime in the area is committed by blacks. The reason the article left it out was (1) bigots at CBS don’t want to offend and (2) why report the obvious.

If you don’t know the highly probably race of the suspects then you are a blind fool. Sure anything is possible, but these suspects race is highly predictable. Politically correct people are blind and ignorant of the world around them. Ask a PC person a simple question like who committed this crime, and he will be clueless. While everyone else easily sees the obvious answer, the PC person ignores the correct answer and says “I don’t know who could have done it, absolutely no idea.” You failed the real world common sense test PC liberals. You don’t know anything because you are blinded by your theoretical ideals. What’s the color of grass? Whats the color of the sky? I wouldn’t be surprised if a PC person says “Duh, I don’t know. It might be this or it might be that, I just don’t know” How do we fix the economy? “Duh, I don’t know. Maybe we’ll try this idea I read in a book and maybe we’ll try that idea I heard in class.” But PC liberals do not really know anything about the real world that is right in front of their ignorant faces, like enacting economic policies that have been proven to work outside a liberal-biased college classroom. They don’t know what race committed the crime in this story and they don’t know how to fix the economy, because they are idealogically blind fools. That’s just pure stupid. Wake up people. Look at the world around you. A non PC conservative-minded person is not so blind and ignorant. A non PC person can give you answers about the world around you, while the PC person can only wallow in dumb ignorance and say I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know. Thank God there are not more PC liberals or nothing would get done, and this country would really be ruined. If you want to fix this country, vote out the PC liberals who can’t see or choose to ignore the obvious answers to be found by looking at the world around them.

SUSPECT DESCRIPTION (provided by complainant):
Suspect: Described by witnesses as an African American Male, 6′ 3″, 180 lbs., approximately 19-23 years old with protruding front teeth. The suspect was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, no shirt and dark pants. He also is described as having script writing on his chest area, shoulder to shoulder, with a cross and unknown tattoos on both biceps.

The complainant said he was black…
SUSPECT DESCRIPTION (provided by complainant):
Suspect: Described by witnesses as an African American Male, 6′ 3″, 180 lbs., approximately 19-23 years old with protruding front teeth. The suspect was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, no shirt and dark pants. He also is described as having script writing on his chest area, shoulder to shoulder, with a cross and unknown tattoos on both biceps.

WHITE PEOPLE ARE 2 BUSY DOING COLUMBINES, ABDUCTING WHITE WOMEN EVERY DAY (NANCY GRACE SHOW) MOLESTING AND ABDUCTING CHILDREN, MURDERING THEIR PARENTS, DECAPITATING BODIES AFTER THEY HAVE MURDERED SOMEONE, GOING OVER TO ARUBA ABDUCTING WOMEN AND KILLING THEM, BLOWING UP THEIR HOMES FROM HAVING METH LABS IN THEM WHILE CHILDREN ARE AROUND, PRETENDING THAT THERE IS NO RACISM IN AMERIKKKA, THEN TURN AROUND AND CALL PEOPLE THE “N” WORD AND PAINT A BROAD BRUSH ON A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO THEY DO NOT KNOW, ONLY TO KNOW WHAT IS TOLD ON THE TV NEWS, RADIO, OR NEWSPAPER. ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS AREN’T LIKE EVERY NEWS PICTURE U SEE. IT IS AMAZING WHEN WHITES COMMIT CRIMES, IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL BECAUSE I GUESS THEY DON’T SEE IT AS RACE, BUT WHEN WE COMMIT CRIMES WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF FORUM. WE COULD GO BACK IN HISTORY WHEN WHITES KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, RAPED WOMEN AND MEN WHO WERE ENSLAVED, TO INNOCENT CHILDREN, AND STOLE A COUNTRY FROM IT’S ORIGINAL OWNERS THE NATIVE INDIANS, INFECTED THEM WITH DISEASES AND MURDERED THEM AS WELL. INCLUDING THEIR OWN, WHITES HAVE A KILLING HISTORY THAT GOES WAYYYYYYYYYY BACK AND THEY ARE STILL KILLING, SERIAL KILLING, UNIVERSITY KILLINGS, WHITES COMMIT MORE CRIMES BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE OF THEM, YET THEY AREN’T AS POLARIZED AS WE ARE. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO MAKE THE BLACK MAN OUT TO BE THE BOOGIE MAN, SO LET’S NOT GO THERE, WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT INNOCENT ANGELS BY ANY MEANS.

Izel, just to be fair, do not exempt them from crime…don’t you pay attention to the news, they have those parties, get drunk, date rape their students, the girls get pregnant and toss their babies out into dumpsters, don’t you listen to the news…smh Then those students get a job an that is when the white collared crimes are consider “low priority” thanks Tom for that part!!!! As for all the other mumbo jumbo uncle Tom is talking about that is just his opinion so don’t feel to sorry for him! Speaking from someone that has lived in a mile radius of USC all her life 34yrs!!

Giving huge amounts of taxpayer funds and userping federal bankruptcy laws and the rights of investors to give a union controlling interest in a major corporation in return for large donations to a political fund. Right?

Looks like that THUG criminal culture POSTER they have of that hooded gang-like-member POINTING a GUN at you, in their dorm room there… CAME TO LIFE.

I have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone who supports, loves, glorifies criminality, thuggerism and then cries about when it rears it ugly head.

Luckily no one was killed but if you live by the sword…

Even if you use gang-associated products like Dr. Dre’s Beats overpriced junk (yes, amazing that today, gang bangers have million dollar making products), its bound to attract just that sort of violence, that culture. It’s tied to that regardless of what you think, its by association.

And whats up with that USC Security/Police… I mean they are EVERYWHERE around USC and they weren’t around on this one? I really thought they had their stuff together. Very odd.

Sorry GENIUS…it wasnt a ghetto back when USC was founded!! Packing up & moving a huge university is NOT an option & police usually do a great job at keeping the area relatively safe. The stupidity comes in students not using CAUTION…

Actually, USC could have VERY easily moved to a safer location. Pepperdine University used to be located in the Vermont Knolls section of South Central LA, but chose to move to Malibu in the 1960’s specifically because of crime and urban decay.

Let me guess. The shooters were ghetto fabulous, or at least thought they were, and they were “disrespected” by those kids which made them “represent” with guns because they were to cowardly to use their mouth or fists. Cowardly gang-banging maggots.

My God, it’s 2011 — haven’t we all figured out by now that race and culture have absolutely NOTHING to do with these sorts of incidents? For all we know the perpetrators could easily be Jewish guys from Westwood or Vietnamese girls from Santa Ana. Who knows, maybe it was three Amish kids from Iowa who just happened to show up at the party and wanted to cause trouble. But there is NO REASON WHATSOEVER to think that the three bad guys here were black or hispanic thugs. Right?

Sorry sport but since it IS 2011, we know better. We have watched the animals far too long to not recognize their antics. Race and culture have EVERYTHING to do with and sadly, that will never change. It may be time to put the rabid dogs down!

Correction Kurt. Only stupid people commit these types of crimes over something insignificant. Black and white. I’ve heard of blacks doing it for material things (this and other incidents) and whites doing it for nothing at all (Jared Laughner, Casey Anthony) and vice versa. These people don’t represent the whole race they are all individuals.

EVERYONE KNOWS BY NOW WHEN THE AMERICA HATING COMMUNIST MEDIA OMIT RACE ITS ALWAYS BLACKS ALWAYS 100% OF THE TIME SO REALLY BY DOING THAT THEY ARE DOING BLACKS A DISSERVICE BECAUSE THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED BY BLACK CRIMINALS….BLACKS SHOULD SUE THE MEDIA WHO LEAVES OUT RACE BECAUSE IT IS DESCRIMINATORY

I’m not stirring the pot but I am a police officer and I personally have given local news agencies descriptions of suspects including race/skin color. One guy was dark with dreadlocks!!. I get home watch the local news or read the paper the next day and I see ” The suspect is described as a male 5’10” 200 lb blue jeans red shirt” They purposely leave out race color or anything that would make you think he was black. If it’s a white suspect the say white male with buzz cut. So yes this is fact!

Being black is beautiful???????????? I would be ashamed of being black or hispanic, oh but they blame whitey ha ha, lets face the facts affirmative action hasn’t got um out of the hole they have been in? Poor black/hispanic people… lets call it like it is their trash!!!!!!! stop the political correct BS.

The sad part in all of this is that Dr. Dre headphones really aren’t that great in terms of audio purity. They are very dark and bottomy with very cloudy highs. Most high end studios don’t own these unless they are requested. They are $20 cans sold for $200.

White kid?…..its USC, surrounded by a cesspool of brown and black. Gives Yale a good run for its money on being in a BAD neighborhood. But at least, unlike the liberal Yale attitude, USC actually is aware of their surroundings and hires lots of security and police. Yale is just in denial.

The sad truth, and everybody does know this truth, is that the blacks and Mexicans in LA are completely insane. They will kill someone for a pair of shoes or whatnot. They are out of their minds and vicious. Only a fool or a death wish person would voluntarily live in LA today. But wait, it will be ok, the big one is coming.

All of theses little blurbs here and there are intended by the media to distract us… To keep us unaware of the real issues… Bickering amoungst ourselves we lose sight of the significant. Does it matter what race shot what race, no. Open your eyes see past the interference. Come on people

I’m just going to say it: black people being black. Seriously, white people, we did this to ourselves, bringing them over here in the first place. Shame on us. But at this point, hundreds of years later, it’s time for some damn civil responsibility. I am appalled at the lack of character and education of these mongrels. Who the heck shoots someone over a pair of headphones??!! Don’t these imbeciles know this type of black on black violence only perpetuates the stereotypes and cycles? Obviously not, because I’m sure they wouldn’t even know the definition of “perpetuate”. Go ahead, call me a “hater”, call me “racist”. But I’ll tell you what., I am a hater. I’m sick of this country being brought to its knees but senseless acts of crime and thuggery such as this. Whenever senseless crimes seem to happen, generally it’s black people involved. Take a look at the flash mobs across the country – BLACKS. It is sickening. You don’t want to live here and follow the guidance of the law? It’s fine – leave. The majority of this country doesn’t want you here anyway. /steps off soapbox/

For the last time………WE did not bring them over here – they were brought over here by BLACK slave traders. Their own race sold them out to make a buck. Let them kill each other off as payback. Sooner or later the news media will get tired of retelling the same stories every week, and then these incidents will carry as much importance as a Tuesday luncheon at the local garden club.

Yes, even their own people in Africa didn’t want them. And you wonder why. Name any country that is dominantly black and you’ll see a country that is killing each other, raping, burning, looting, pumpin’ out babies to starve, …. They themselves are fueling the fire of racial hatred by their own behavior. Charles Darwin was right – some of us just haven’t evolved much past apes.

Really??? I am white and honestly say that most Africans were brought here against their own will. It shames me that some white people act as though we are totally civilized when the truth is we’ve stolen land killed millions in the process. Your comments make me a shamed to be white. I read the news all the time and see plenty of crimes all over the country being committed by White, Black, Hispanic and Asian. Until you all come to terms that this land belongs to many, not just whites and stop acting like you are the only entitled, nothing is going to change. I often wonder if racist, whether White, Black, Hispanic or Asian really have an underlying issue truly within their own lives and try to displace the blame in order not to point their finger at the man in the mirror. Get a life people! We are all in this together whether you like it our not. Also, none of us have a right to tell anyone to go back to any country. If that is the case then I guess we need to pack up as well and head back to Europe. Oh yeah, for the idiot who said, “Whenever sensless crimes seem to happen, generally it’s black people involved”. Really??? Can you really say that with a straight face? Look around. Casey Anthony, Jared Laugner….shall I go on? My point is, stop trying to blame everything on one race when it is all races commiting crimes. I cannot ignore it just because I am white. I am not racist as I have everything in life to be happy about. Maybe you need to find your own happiness and stop with all the hate.

well, this is just a taste of what lord maubama is bringing to our society. better arm yourself for the big,bad summer and his defeat in 2012 got my ar, ruger and browning welll stocked for the new welfare elimination party.

You gotta love blacks. They go to parties uninvited to rob the homeowners, plain and simple. This is no surprise that they shot someone when they got caught. I went to a wedding reception and they tried to crash that. They had to call the cops to get them out of there when they pushed the for-hire DJ off his stand to play that beautiful jungle music. Hahaha. You think I am a racist? Well, when a black face accounts for 80% of violent crime, I don’t want to be around those people without a firearm. Do you know how we all know they were black? they didn’t say the race. It’s a black99% of the time when they don’t give the descriptions. I would like the thank the media for hiding this just in case someone else encounters these brain dead morons. We wouldn’t want the NAACP to be offended by the truth or anything, pricks.

NOT true. Normally, in the news when they are describing the suspect, if he is white they don’t mention the race. I love how you lump all blacks into one category. I am white and know plenty of blacks and hispanics that are more civilized than some whites. Whenever I see racist comments like yours, I just have to laugh and pray for you. You must be very unhappy with your life. My friends (yes black and hispanic) would run circles around you and the other racist on posting here with their intelligence and social status.

This is why, Africa will never be able to have a democratic goverment . as soon as someone gets something nice they kill each other and slaughter. This is why our President that is from Kenya cant manage our govt.

Race relations suck in this America. Race was on the back burner, since Obamanation arrived on the scene relations are non-existant. Blacks have got a free pass on race hate crimes, which 100% conform to. Obama is a racist just check out his past friends, Opps forgot that only white folk have ability to be racists.

When will we wake up and see that the 1865 Lincoln plan failed? Why are we allowing even 1 black to live in our civilization? Does everyone finally understand why the South was so opposed to the civil rights legislation of the 1960’s. The South is being proven right daily!

You are a complete IDIOT!!!!!! You make me ashamed to be white. Your society???? What have you ersonally done to be able to claim this as YOUR society? You think being white gives you entitlement? You are a disgrace! Their are many hard working people of all races. I bet you are so unhappy with your pathetic little life and blame everyone else but yourself.

The modern day Black culture is condusive to crime and social failure. Not all Blacks adopt that culture. Diversity race doctrines instill an attitude of victimhood, race pride and race hate. It is time for that garbage to go just as the doctrines of segregation have gone. The socialists have done race hate for power thing this forever – first with whites then with blacks. People stop cooperating with them.

Funny…why is it when you make a true statement you are called a liberal? I am a moderate, maybe a little more conservative and see the truth in your comment. Thanks Lilly. The sad thing is people are too stupid to see who is really pulling their strings.

This report does…by NOT saying they were white. Anyone with a brain stem knows that this is how the press works in situations like this. Believe me, if this was a white kid from Minnesota, Texas, or, God forbid…ALASKA, you would hear about it.

Lib reporters are always VERY careful about reporting on “Brown People Behaving Badly”. Nice to see so many people are onto this long-standing media scam.

Jeez, most of you folks are pathetic. Granted the facts are the facts, at least one suspect is Black, but the narrow minded thinking makes all Blacks criminals instead of each person being looked upon individually. Persons of any ethnicity, culture, race, nationality and religion are able to commit crimes from small/petty to heinous. I dislike reading story comments because there will always be those who love to play the race card by pointing the racial finger. Those writers are comfortably deluded and/or ignorant. I continue to read the story comments because in all of the narrow visions, there is at least one written from an intelligent point of view.

Nope Awe Geeze…humans hate living by racist ignorant people like you. I am white and intelligent enough not to blame a whole race on one individuals crime or stupid decision. When Jared Laughner killed all those people in Arizona, for nothing, I didn’t blame all whites.

USC was founded a by Methodist horticulturist, Irish Catholic former-Governor, and a German Jewish banker. The area was obviously really nice at the time in 1880. You can thank affirmative action, public housing etc. getting pushed up from the Inglewood area right up to MLK Boulevard and beyond. Before affirmative action/ public housing Inglewood was a really nice German community as well. When aa began to take over the Inglewood community the Germans moved out. Remember the first part of the name “Ingle” is German.
BTY Martin Luther King was a courageous man whom I respect. And he was a Republican. I wish some of the people in South LA would have the same respect.

USC was founded a by Methodist horticulturist, Irish Catholic former-Governor, and a German Jewish banker. The area was obviously really nice at the time in 1880. You can thank affirmative action, public housing etc. getting pushed up from the Inglewood area right up to MLK Boulevard and beyond. Before affirmative action/ public housing Inglewood was a really nice German community as well. When aa began to take over the Inglewood community the Germans moved out. Remember the first part of the name “Ingle” is German.